Akhtubinsk () is a

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and the

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of Akhtubinsky District in

Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073. Geography Astrakhan's southern border is the ...

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, located on the left bank of the

Akhtuba River The Akhtuba (); also transliterated ''Achtuba'' on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga in southern Russia. The Akhtuba splits off the Volga shortly before the city of Volgograd (at ), and flows toward the Volga Delta and Caspian Sea ...

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of the

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), north of

Astrakhan Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population: 45,542 ( 2002 Census); 30,000 (1968).

History

It was founded in 1959 by the merger of three settlements: Vladimirovka, Petropavlovskoye, and Akhtuba.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Akhtubinsk serves as the

of Akhtubinsky District.Law #67/2006-OZ As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Akhtubinsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Akhtubinsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Akhtubinsk is incorporated within Akhtubinsky Municipal District as Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement.Law #43/2004-OZ

Economy

The major enterprises in the town include a shipbuilding and repair plant, a milk factory, a meat factory, a bakery, and a mineral water plant. Akhtubinsk is the transfer point for Bassol, the industrial complex which extracts salt from Lake Baskunchak.

Transportation

The

Volgograd Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population ...

–

road passes through Akhtubinsk. * Vladimirovka and Akhtuba railway stations on the Volgograd- Verkhny Baskunchak railway branch *Vladimirovskaya Quay terminal *a cargo port on the Akhtuba River *a military airbase ( Akhtubinsk (air base))

Military

A state flight testing center known as

Valery Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (; ; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was born to a Russian family in 1904 in the upper Volga region, the town of Chkalovsk, Russia, Vasi ...

929 GLITs MO RF is located in Akhtubinsk. The Groshevo (Vladimirovka) military testing range is located to the north of Akhtubinsk. In 2012 construction of a site for flight test operations began, including new runway specifically designed to accommodate flight testing of the

Sukhoi Su-57 The Sukhoi Su-57 (; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (, prospective aeronautical complex of front-line aviation) programme, which was in ...

stealth fighter currently under development.

References

Sources

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External links

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Official website of Akhtubinsk

Directory of organizations in Akhtubinsk
{{Use mdy dates, date=September 2011 Cities and towns in Astrakhan Oblast Populated places established in 1959